Judges 3:14-15 - The Israelites were
subject to Eglon king of Moab for
eighteen years. Again the Israelites
cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a
deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man,
the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to
Eglon king of Moab.
The Israelites had
become trapped in their own choices. They
had let the people around them dilute their faith so much that they forgot the
one true God and adopted the pagan customs of all the people around them. God
had sent them a deliverer….a judge once before….and now they needed one again.
God loved them so
much...as soon as they realized their sin…and cried out to him…he sent them
another judge…to kill the king of the people that held them captive. They would
be free once again… to reestablish their relationship with the one true God.
It is a reminder to
me that God is a forgiving God….showing grace as many times as he needs to
sinners like me who follow the same pattern of failure as the Israelites. He
only requires that we turn from our sin…and repent. I just know that if I spent
a few minutes every morning asking forgiveness for the failures of the past….God
would meet me there with a big smile on his face….happy to see me more
attentive to what he needs form me in the future.
He knows we mean what
we say because of our actions. These Israelites
cleaned house of all the pagan gods that had trapped them in bad choices. They began to follow God’s law and
commandments again. They went back to their first love…the love that did
miracles for them….the love that went with them and before them.
Father…thank you for
the reminder to start my day visiting with you…so you can help me to identify
the sins that are holding me back from a deeper relationship with you. Forgive
me for the times that I have let sin and selfish thoughts keep me from doing
your will. Help me to mean what I say
this morning… so my time with you will clean out the things that keep me
separated from all that you want for me. Amen.
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